MEMAHAMI HAKEKAT TUHAN DALAM CANDHOGYA UPANISAD

Abstract

God is the central object in world religions and has a variety of terms. God, as energy, is able to empower every creature and sustain the laws of nature. People differ in their abilities to internalize God, thus understanding God's essence in different ways. God, with all His omnipotence, is able to permeate every space and time, making it impossible for humans to grasp the full essence of God. Whatever category humans assign to God, He remains omnipotent, unaffected by space and time. The development of knowledge regarding divine theology has impacted human thought, including the thinking of religious communities. Each religious scripture, including the Chandogya Upanisad, provides an understanding of God's essence in its own way. The Chandogya Upanisad is a Hindu scripture that explains the essence of God, which permeates space, time, and all beings. The essence of God in the Chandogya Upanisad is one, identified with Brahman, Prajapati, Sat, Om, and Ugdatha. The essence that permeates space and time becomes the nature of God who is both pantheistic and monistic with the framework of sarvam khalv idam brahma (indeed the entire universe is Brahma), tat tvam asi (but He is not polytheistic or henotheistic. His existence is Immanent, so He becomes Atma and at the same time Transcendent because He is everything that is different from the nature of His creation. He is form, but not formless.